4 stories on crafting a good onboarding experience

Employers need to focus on grounding new workers in the organization and preparing them for the work to come, various reports show.

By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 8, 2026

Lowe’s Foundation launches skilled trades coalition to train 1M workers by 2035

The move comes amid a significant skilled trades labor shortage in the U.S.

By Lara Ewen • Sept. 4, 2026

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Top trends in upskilling

The upskilling landscape has shifted, especially since artificial intelligence joined the workplace.

By HR Dive staff

Employees say only 60% of onboarding materials are necessary

Workers receive an average of 13 onboarding documents in their first week, an Adobe survey found.

By Lara Ewen • Sept. 3, 2026

EY earmarks $100M in rewards for ‘future-focused’ employees

The Big Four accounting firm is looking to reward employees who drive “meaningful change” through innovation, disruption, technology or growth.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 1, 2026

Worker personality may matter more than skills, hiring managers say

Hiring managers and job seekers agreed that the traits with the highest value are reliability, honesty, adaptability, flexibility and self-motivation.

By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 1, 2026

AI is evolving faster than humans can assess how best to use it

Existing frameworks aren’t equipped to understand what performance will look like in the artificial intelligence era, Talogy said in its report.

By Lara Ewen • Aug. 26, 2026

What mentorship looks like in the disconnected era

Successful mentorship programs are often guided but not too structured, and they don’t rely on managers being default mentors, experts told HR Dive.

By Jen A. Miller • Aug. 25, 2026

Workers report ‘FOBO’ — a fear of becoming obsolete

Most workers told ETS and The Harris Poll that upskilling “is no longer a choice” but also that it was hard to get employer support on the matter.

By Kathryn Moody • Aug. 18, 2026

Which skills can AI not replace?

Employers are in need of “durable skills” despite swift changes to workplace technology, a Resume Now report indicated.

By Kathryn Moody • Aug. 4, 2026

Employers may not be training workers well enough for widespread AI disruption

Advanced skills, such as managing AI agents, do not tend to be the focus of employer training, The Conference Board said in a report.

By Kathryn Moody • July 31, 2026

How companies are accidentally training future leaders to stay quiet

Organizations that encourage employees to ask the questions AI can’t answer will thrive, writes SurveyMonkey’s CPO.

By Becky Cantieri • July 30, 2026

Why manager training may be the key to AI integration

Without effective managers, companies may have a hard time seeing the gains that they expect from AI investments.

By Kathryn Moody • July 28, 2026

Lack of manager support may be a critical development gap

Less than a third of the 1,000 professionals surveyed by the American Management Association said their managers were “highly effective.”

By Kathryn Moody • July 21, 2026

How L&D and workforce readiness are connected

SHRM said “skills strategists” tend to align L&D to business priorities and create learning experiences that are relevant and accessible.

By Caroline Colvin • July 21, 2026

The human capabilities separating AI leaders from AI followers

What does effective, measurable human-AI collaboration really look like?

July 20, 2026

AI may conceal growing ‘learning debt’ for fast-changing roles

Close to 3 in 10 workers surveyed by TalentLMS said they’ve delivered work they couldn’t fully explain if asked how they did it.

By Laurel Kalser • July 16, 2026

Which company offers interns $8,600 per week?

Competition for talent continues to heat up as companies face a skills mismatch driven by AI adoption.

By Ginger Christ • July 14, 2026

Latest workforce development funds target specific industries — like nuclear energy and AI

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor separately announced grants and funding designed to target critical occupations.

By Lara Ewen • July 14, 2026

Which skills will matter the most in the next five years?

Recruiters reported “notable shortages” in skills related to AI capabilities, grit, emotional intelligence and managing workers, according to GMAC.

By Kathryn Moody • July 7, 2026

Leaders say studying abroad improved their skills

The vast majority of respondents in a survey said that their international education strengthened their strategic thinking skills and positively affected their careers.

By Lara Ewen • July 7, 2026

AI, humanity and HR’s ‘extinction’ threat: 10 stories from SHRM26

Inside the halls of Orlando, Florida’s Orange County Convention Center, speakers painted a dire picture for the industry.

By Ryan Golden • July 1, 2026

Interested in job training? This DOL official wants you to give him a call.

Federal funding could help employers prepare for disruption in the labor market, but the money is often difficult to access, Assistant Labor Secretary Henry Mack told SHRM26 attendees.

By Ryan Golden • July 1, 2026

Should AI use be tracked in performance reviews?

Looking at AI use alone “doesn’t encourage the right behaviors,” one expert told HR Dive.

By Kathryn Moody • June 30, 2026

Onboarding begins even before a candidate’s first interview, one HR pro says

Lindsay Gainor, a vice president of HR at ServiceMaster Brands, shares onboarding tips to help ensure new hires stay past the one-year mark. 

By Ginger Christ • June 23, 2026

SHRM’s Alex Alonso believes human skills have a place in the future of work

The SHRM26 annual conference gave HR professionals a wealth of AI advice, including insight on what roles humans play going forward.

By Caroline Colvin • June 23, 2026